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romney gets his way? ♪ tell me how to get to sesame street ♪ ♪ on my way to where the air is sweet can you tell me how to get, how to get to sesame street ♪ >> for all of you moms and kids out there, don't worry. somebody is finally getting tough on big bird. rounding him up. elmo's got to watch out, too. governor romney plans to let wall street run wild again, but he's going to bring down the hammer on "sesame street." it makes perfect sense. >> oh, well. president obama on the campaign trail seizing upon mitt romney's budget cutting comments that could threaten tv's most popular bird. what mr. romney had said. >> i'm sorry, jim. i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs and other things and i like pbs, i like big bird i actually like you to, but not borrowing money to pay china for supporting it. >> and the big broadcasting systems. what's the truth? could big bird be going bye-bye? joining us, from the christian monitor, good morning. >> good morning. >> so are big bird and pbs really in any danger
romney gets his way? ♪ tell me how to get to sesame street ♪ ♪ on my way to where the air is sweet can you tell me how to get, how to get to sesame street ♪ >> for all of you moms and kids out there, don't worry. somebody is finally getting tough on big bird. rounding him up. elmo's got to watch out, too. governor romney plans to let wall street run wild again, but he's going to bring down the hammer on "sesame street." it makes perfect sense. >> oh, well....
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he kind of made -- kind of pivoted on romney and made romney look bad in that way. >> amie, david, thank you very much. i appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thanks a lot. >>> more front page politics and the government shutdown avoided for now. the senate finalized a stopgap budget measure before adjourning after midnight. the house adjourned on friday. the earliest before an election. no progress made on preventing this so-called fiscal cliff. no farm bill either. members aren't going to return until after the november election. early in absentee voting begins in several states including the key battleground states of new hampshire, north carolina, and virginia. >>> and ann romney is safe after the plane that she was flying in made an emergency landing in denver on friday. an apparent electrical fire caused the cabin to fill with smoke. no one was injured. >>> today, the death toll has reached at least 20 people killed in pakistan during an angry demonstration against the youtube video that mocks islam. there were deadly clashes across pakistan, and this is the highest one-day d
he kind of made -- kind of pivoted on romney and made romney look bad in that way. >> amie, david, thank you very much. i appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thanks a lot. >>> more front page politics and the government shutdown avoided for now. the senate finalized a stopgap budget measure before adjourning after midnight. the house adjourned on friday. the earliest before an election. no progress made on preventing this so-called fiscal cliff. no farm bill either....
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romney. he will speak thursday. >>> republican congressman todd akin is renewing his vow to stay in the senate race. ep emphasized he plans to continue his campaign no matter how many gop officials tell him to get out. >> i may not be the favorite candidate of some people within the republican establishment. but the voters made a decision and this is an election, not a selection. >> congressman akin says he will not attend next week's republican convention. jointing me is a reporter for the st. louis dispatch, reporting on this all week. good morning, nicholas, let's talk about your newspaper which shows later poll numbers, senate race has been turned upsidedown now. claire mccaskill has a 9-point lead. 50 to 41%. surprising or not given what you've been covering? >> i think that's what everyone was expecting. when these comments came out from congressman akin on sunday, everyone had expected that this race was going to totally change and that mccaskill, who was trailing her opponent todd aki
romney. he will speak thursday. >>> republican congressman todd akin is renewing his vow to stay in the senate race. ep emphasized he plans to continue his campaign no matter how many gop officials tell him to get out. >> i may not be the favorite candidate of some people within the republican establishment. but the voters made a decision and this is an election, not a selection. >> congressman akin says he will not attend next week's republican convention. jointing me is a...
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so when do you think mitt romney can get the 1144 delegates needed to secure the race. >> if mitt romney ends up winning all the delegates that are in stake at all of the different contests, he really won't cross that imagine gal number of 1144 delegates until may 29th. that's the texas primary. so essentially, two months from now. if you actually say that mitt romney is going to win a 60/40 split of all of the delegates, he won't cross that 1144 mark until june 26th. but if you think they're going to trade contests like we've seen them do over the past month and a half, there is, according to our math, that mitt romney isn't going to reach that 1144 mark. that's our challenge. he has the delegate lead. but when he actually wraps up that magical number, it won't be for quite a while. he might not even do it after the last primary on june 26th. >> it looks like newt gingrich was crunching the math just like you were. you heard him say mitt romney may not get to the convention. >> well, right. and so that's -- that's the challenge for newt gingrich. actually the challenge for rick santorum
so when do you think mitt romney can get the 1144 delegates needed to secure the race. >> if mitt romney ends up winning all the delegates that are in stake at all of the different contests, he really won't cross that imagine gal number of 1144 delegates until may 29th. that's the texas primary. so essentially, two months from now. if you actually say that mitt romney is going to win a 60/40 split of all of the delegates, he won't cross that 1144 mark until june 26th. but if you think...
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let's go to mitt romney. what he needs to get to 270 in the big way. >> so the obvious one for mitt romney is to sweep the big three. if he sweeps 40i, virginia and florida, it's all three of those, he could lose colorado, lose nevada, lose new hampshire, lose wisconsin, lose all of those states, and he would still win, he would get there very narrowly but he would be over 270. >> okay. so you get flohva from mitt romney. but you also have a scenario that he can still win if he takes florida, only. >> yeah. it's a little complicated. but i went back to look and see, can he win with just winning one of those or just two of those three? no question, he could win with two of those three. but if he were to win with just florida, for example, he would have to do it by sweeping the west, nevada, and colorado, also take his state of new hampshire, where he owns a home, and win wisconsin, which paul ryan is on the ticket. a narrow path, but possible. >> okay. finally, there's that dreaded electoral college tie. do we
let's go to mitt romney. what he needs to get to 270 in the big way. >> so the obvious one for mitt romney is to sweep the big three. if he sweeps 40i, virginia and florida, it's all three of those, he could lose colorado, lose nevada, lose new hampshire, lose wisconsin, lose all of those states, and he would still win, he would get there very narrowly but he would be over 270. >> okay. so you get flohva from mitt romney. but you also have a scenario that he can still win if he...
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meanwhile, mitt romney is in san diego today for a fund-raiser. on contraction, romney seized upon jobs numbers. >> the president's policies and his handling of the economy has been dealt a harsh indictment this morning. and it continues. we have had 40 straight months with unemployment over 8%. their policies have not worked, and in many respects, they policies have made it harder for the economy to recover. >> late yesterday romney turned over a 13-page annual financial disclosure report to the federal election commission. it shows romney's net worth falls between a range of $83 million and $255 million. the romney campaign released a narrower asset range between $190 to $250 million. joining me now for more front-page politics, amy gardner, national political reporter for "the washington post" and alex who is a reporter for "the national journal." good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> amy, we'll start with you, how are the white house and the obama campaign framing the new jobs numbers? is there any change of approach here? >> we haven'
meanwhile, mitt romney is in san diego today for a fund-raiser. on contraction, romney seized upon jobs numbers. >> the president's policies and his handling of the economy has been dealt a harsh indictment this morning. and it continues. we have had 40 straight months with unemployment over 8%. their policies have not worked, and in many respects, they policies have made it harder for the economy to recover. >> late yesterday romney turned over a 13-page annual financial disclosure...
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we can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. x a little bit of rain tomorrow. grab your umbrella. at one point in the day i guarantee you will need. 72 degrees for high, then a cold front arrives. tuesday, lower to middle 60's and then towards back up into the lower 70's on thursday. at the end of the day. that's why walgreens is introducing balance rewards. it's an easy way to save and get more of what you love walgreens for. earn points for prescriptions and everyday items and redeem them right at checkout whenever something catches your eye. sign up in-store or online; it's instant points and endless rewards. at the corner of happy and healthy. [ female announcer ] some prescriptions are not eligible to earn points. restrictions apply. see website for details. [ birds chirping, doorbell rings ] donuts? ♪ ♪ [ chuckles ] ♪ ♪ you're cute. ♪ ♪ [ door creaks, closes s ] [ female announcer ] the e protein effect. new ecial k protein cereal. with ten grams of protein and ththree grams of fiber... finafiy, a protein cerea
we can't afford four more years. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. x a little bit of rain tomorrow. grab your umbrella. at one point in the day i guarantee you will need. 72 degrees for high, then a cold front arrives. tuesday, lower to middle 60's and then towards back up into the lower 70's on thursday. at the end of the day. that's why walgreens is introducing balance rewards. it's an easy way to save and get more of what you love walgreens for. earn points for...
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romney related a personal story about his niece. she ran into financial hardship when her husband went on national guard duty. >> one morning she comes outside and there are her neighbors all picking up the rocks out of her yard, raking the dirt, they put a sprinkler system in, they laid down sod, they put in landscaping, they even build a swing set for her daughter. this is the america that i love. >> joining me now is national reporter molly ball. molly, good morning, good to see you. >> good morning, alex. >> the presidential campaign was dominated this week by the same sex marriage debate with president obama saying he supports gay marriage. does either side win in this debate? >> i think we are still waiting to see. i think so much is going to depend on this particular issue in the ways that the candidates sort of choose to talk about this issue in the coming months. there's a lot -- we talk a lot about people who are for it, people who are against it, but i think actually in the middle there's a lot of people who are sort of u
romney related a personal story about his niece. she ran into financial hardship when her husband went on national guard duty. >> one morning she comes outside and there are her neighbors all picking up the rocks out of her yard, raking the dirt, they put a sprinkler system in, they laid down sod, they put in landscaping, they even build a swing set for her daughter. this is the america that i love. >> joining me now is national reporter molly ball. molly, good morning, good to see...
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in fact, in his speech he only mentioned mitt romney by name once, but mitt romney in his speech was the focus or was focusing all on president obama. he mentioned president obama by name 18 times, mentioned the word obama care four additional times. so you see while mitt romney's trying to make this a referendum on president to into ma, the president and the white house want to make this a referendum on the republican party. >> thank you very much, mark murray, have a great weekend. >> thankses, you too. >>> president obama appears on primetime television tonight taping an introduction to the film "to kill a mockingbird." the racial classic takes on an important role after the rage over the trayvon martin murder. >> we are all created equal. i'm no idealist to believe in the jury system. that's no ideal to me. that's a living, working reality. >> mike baquero at the white house, good morning to you. what is the president doing relative to this screening? >> it's been a week-long celebration of the anniversary of this seminole film. remember the harper lee novel that won the pulitzer
in fact, in his speech he only mentioned mitt romney by name once, but mitt romney in his speech was the focus or was focusing all on president obama. he mentioned president obama by name 18 times, mentioned the word obama care four additional times. so you see while mitt romney's trying to make this a referendum on president to into ma, the president and the white house want to make this a referendum on the republican party. >> thank you very much, mark murray, have a great weekend....
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and then the campaign fund-raising juggernaut was upset by the news they had been outfunded by mitt romney, and then the scott walker recall in wisconsin, and that was a battle state where the rules of engagement had been changing, and bill clinton forgets the rules of being a surrogate, and do not directly disagree with the candidate, and saying that bush tax cuts should be extended when the president does not think so. so after a week of being on the defense, he decided to be on offense and he showed up in the briefing room to talk about the economy, and we all tuned in to see what he had to say about the american economy, except he talked a lot about some place else. >> right now, one concern is europe which faces a threat of renewed recession as countries deal with a financial crisis. if there's less demand for our products in places like paris or madrid, it could mean less businesses or less business for manufacturers in pittsburgh or milwaukee. >> hmm. when was the last time you heard an american president mention pittsburgh and milwaukee in the same sentence as, you know, paris and
and then the campaign fund-raising juggernaut was upset by the news they had been outfunded by mitt romney, and then the scott walker recall in wisconsin, and that was a battle state where the rules of engagement had been changing, and bill clinton forgets the rules of being a surrogate, and do not directly disagree with the candidate, and saying that bush tax cuts should be extended when the president does not think so. so after a week of being on the defense, he decided to be on offense and...
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romney scored santorum over the automated phone calls urging democrats to vote against romney's in today's republican primary. we begin with some of the comments of mitt romney in michigan. >> is michigan proving a little bit more difficult than you expect? >> about ten days or ago or two weeks aago i was down 13 points in michigan. right for you it looks like too close to call. i don't think the pollster know what will happen. we can't be 100% sure what will happen. the fact we made up 15 points in two weeks is really extraordinary. i'm also pleased that our debate went very well, i think, when senator santorum said he's taking one for the team. that pointed out that the practices of washington are very different than the kind of rhetoric you hear on a campaign. i think the american people want someone that will do something that's right for america, not just taking one for the team. i think the hardest thing about predicting what will happen today is whether senator santorum's effort to call democrat households and tell them to come out and vote against mitt romney is going to be success
romney scored santorum over the automated phone calls urging democrats to vote against romney's in today's republican primary. we begin with some of the comments of mitt romney in michigan. >> is michigan proving a little bit more difficult than you expect? >> about ten days or ago or two weeks aago i was down 13 points in michigan. right for you it looks like too close to call. i don't think the pollster know what will happen. we can't be 100% sure what will happen. the fact we...
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santorum who tried to slow romney's momentum today. romney made calls to supporters and welcomed ed gillespie to his team. joining me now staff writer arrin car moan, and dan white. arrin, let's start with you. the eh fore on the part of the republican party to deny there is in fact a war on women. assess it in terms of their credibility. this etch-a-sketch image is beginning. they are trying to recreate a new and improved mitt romney. how does that strike you? >> i think you are totally right to bring up what happened in the state houses ever since republicans took over in 2010. one of the first things that the house-controlled gop did last year was almost shut down the entire government overdefunding planned parenthood. this is not an incidental thing. it has been on the back burner for a long time. they have been making this a priority. >> we could spend a long time going state by state and it has been quite remarkable as we just gave in summary the number of states where they have been trying to limit access but what is amazing to
santorum who tried to slow romney's momentum today. romney made calls to supporters and welcomed ed gillespie to his team. joining me now staff writer arrin car moan, and dan white. arrin, let's start with you. the eh fore on the part of the republican party to deny there is in fact a war on women. assess it in terms of their credibility. this etch-a-sketch image is beginning. they are trying to recreate a new and improved mitt romney. how does that strike you? >> i think you are totally...
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romney's 47% remark. let's play it. here it is. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has the responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, and to food, to housing, to you name it. and they will vote for this president no matter what. and so my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them. >> that is one tough ad. you're putting faces to those words. amie has the romney camp come up with any effective counter to it or is this going to be a theme for the next 38 days? >> i think it will be a theme for the next 38 days. they are trying to respond to it. you saw this week, he touted his health care law in massachusetts, which was a little awkward for him. but he's kind of showing that he does have an empathetic side. but meanwhile the obama campaign is also coming back. they're releasing new web ad this morning. they're slamming h
romney's 47% remark. let's play it. here it is. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has the responsibility to care for them, who believe that they're entitled to health care, and to food, to housing, to you name it. and they will vote for this president no matter what. and so my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them....
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, -- rival, mitt romney, would have made the same decision in targeting the leader. romney says he would have made the same decision. >> there is a difference in the roles they would play as commander in chief. that's fair game. >> he managed to turn it in to a divisive political attack. most americans will see it as a sign of a desperate campaign. >> bin laden's death was greeted as a matter of justice, not politics. coming up, reaction from the navy seals involved. >> do you think president obama is trying to politicize the anniversary of osama bin laden's death? leave your thoughts at the facebook fan page, abc2news.com, we will look at them throughout the course of the morning. >>> they will be watching you on your way to work. two new speed cameras to tell you about. for now, you are going to get a warning, in 30 days the warnings turn in to citations. ebenezer road, in addition to the 15 installed in baltimore county. ebenezer in front of perry hall high school and other at johnny cake elementary school. >>> may day protests could disrupt the morning commute. i
, -- rival, mitt romney, would have made the same decision in targeting the leader. romney says he would have made the same decision. >> there is a difference in the roles they would play as commander in chief. that's fair game. >> he managed to turn it in to a divisive political attack. most americans will see it as a sign of a desperate campaign. >> bin laden's death was greeted as a matter of justice, not politics. coming up, reaction from the navy seals involved. >>...
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they say it shows romney after '99 did not actively manage bain funds. >> let me bring in romney campaign special advisor kerryy healey who served on the obama campaign. >> it's very clear from every statement by governor romney and also by bain capital that governor romney did not have an active role in bain capital in 1999. the whole purpose of this discussion is simply to distract from president obama's failed reco record. >> did he send jobs overseas and again, the romney cam pain turned his full attention to the olympics in 1999. isn't the very definition of -- >> president obama just does not want to talk about the economy and jobs, and the american people deserve a much more honest campaign than they're getting right now. all of the ads that are being put out by the obama campaign. you can have all the fact checking on "washington post," saying all of these attacks on governor romney during his bain years are just a distraction. we need to get back to the issues that people care about, which are jobs and the economy. and governor romney has created jobs in the private sector. >> th
they say it shows romney after '99 did not actively manage bain funds. >> let me bring in romney campaign special advisor kerryy healey who served on the obama campaign. >> it's very clear from every statement by governor romney and also by bain capital that governor romney did not have an active role in bain capital in 1999. the whole purpose of this discussion is simply to distract from president obama's failed reco record. >> did he send jobs overseas and again, the romney...
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they invited romney to join them on a tour writing . . . as of now, romney has not responded. with me now is sister simone campbell, who lead the nuns on the bus tour through nine states. we appreciate your time tonight. >> glad to be with you. >> does former governor -- excuse me, paul ryan misunderstood his faith? >> i think paul ryan has a very limited understanding of his faith. he gets one part about individual responsibility but he misses two other key parts, one is that responsibility only works when you are in strong solidarity, understanding the whole of society, and the second piece that catholic social teaching says the roll of government is to offset the excesses of any culture. and what paul ryan misses is that his faith calls him to balance that individualism and community. >> what you just articulated is a very different conception of community that i and many others think is completely based biblical teachings, and yet paul ryan sees it very differently. how to you engage him to show him a more powerful notion of the bible. >> we had a chance to have a conversa
they invited romney to join them on a tour writing . . . as of now, romney has not responded. with me now is sister simone campbell, who lead the nuns on the bus tour through nine states. we appreciate your time tonight. >> glad to be with you. >> does former governor -- excuse me, paul ryan misunderstood his faith? >> i think paul ryan has a very limited understanding of his faith. he gets one part about individual responsibility but he misses two other key parts, one is that...
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gwen: do romney's missteps matter? on the message front, the candidates sparred over the president's commitment to business. >> president obama attacks success and we will change that. >> they're taking my words out of context and are flat-out wrong. gwen: a big fight brews over who gets the vote. >> if i don't get the proper birthday certificate and i.d., i won't be able to vote. >> it should be insults to my american that you might be disenfranchised because you don't have the ability to get a photo i.d. gwen: we've learned more about the campaign money fueling these debates. covering it this week, dan balz of "the washington post," laura meckler of the wall street journal. robert barnes of "the washington post" and jeanne cummings of bloomberg news. >> award-winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with washington journal. funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> it's powerful and conne
gwen: do romney's missteps matter? on the message front, the candidates sparred over the president's commitment to business. >> president obama attacks success and we will change that. >> they're taking my words out of context and are flat-out wrong. gwen: a big fight brews over who gets the vote. >> if i don't get the proper birthday certificate and i.d., i won't be able to vote. >> it should be insults to my american that you might be disenfranchised because you don't...
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romney rolls to victory. the billionaire backstop, gingrich's been forecast tore could soon be mitt's big money man. super sunday. tradition of pomp, pageantry and pigskin. giant mistake. big blue jump it is gun. we are looking at giant jinx. we will take a look at that. good day to all of you and welcome to "weekends with alex witt." 1:00 on the nose in the east. beginning with presidential politics, republican candidates looking ahead to two big contests. colorado and minnesota this week. of course this after mitt romney's big win in nevada. newt gingrich took second. followed by ron paul, rick santorum. gingrich spoke about the future of his campaign on "meet the press" this morning. >> our goal is to get to super tuesday where we are in much more favorable territory as you will note even in florida where i was outspent 5-1 we carried panhandle area and carried more counties than he did. so we want to get to georgia, alabama, to tennessee, and we want to get to states texas and we believe by the time texas
romney rolls to victory. the billionaire backstop, gingrich's been forecast tore could soon be mitt's big money man. super sunday. tradition of pomp, pageantry and pigskin. giant mistake. big blue jump it is gun. we are looking at giant jinx. we will take a look at that. good day to all of you and welcome to "weekends with alex witt." 1:00 on the nose in the east. beginning with presidential politics, republican candidates looking ahead to two big contests. colorado and minnesota this...
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we've got to destroy romney. this year both conventions are going to be about romney. there's going to be a convention trying to break him through, connecting on the economy and jobs. then you're going to have a democratic election which i don't think is going to be about president obama. they've thrown in the towel on that. it's going to be about ruining romney. we won't really know what's going on in the polls and all this i think until late september after we go through all this. and i frankly think if romney can use his speech to put a positive vision going forward it will be a good contrast to the tone of the campaign that will do him a lot of good. >> governor brewer you also have, if there's a lot of work for romney to do, to break through some of the negative advertising, as you say, and mike said, there's also some issues that the party has right now. i mean here you have congresswoman akin with his comments about rape, that talked about abortion, doing a lot of damage. the entire republican establishment, including mitt romney saying get out, and he says no.
we've got to destroy romney. this year both conventions are going to be about romney. there's going to be a convention trying to break him through, connecting on the economy and jobs. then you're going to have a democratic election which i don't think is going to be about president obama. they've thrown in the towel on that. it's going to be about ruining romney. we won't really know what's going on in the polls and all this i think until late september after we go through all this. and i...
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romney. romney is campaigning in the presidentle is focusing on ohio. >> it has been a rough stretch for mitt romney. in the eight states where it is as a tossup, he is iniling president obama everyone. struggling among tinos. yesterday, he tried to make his sales pitch. >> over 2 million more hispanics living in poverty today than the day president obama took office. his first public event since friday. weekend, he was on of the " saturday ."ght live respond tonues to the middle east. it looks like as good a time as reset button. the can not call it that. and advisers said he will get more specific on the trail. >> people want to hear more of that plan. >> in ohio, president obama announced the administration file a trade complaint china for costing thousand american jobs. the president said mitt romney for those jobs. >> you cannot stand up to china is sent you have done jobs.re >> that is the ssages that may home for both in ohio, a must-win for mitt romney. s show he is trailing the presi
romney. romney is campaigning in the presidentle is focusing on ohio. >> it has been a rough stretch for mitt romney. in the eight states where it is as a tossup, he is iniling president obama everyone. struggling among tinos. yesterday, he tried to make his sales pitch. >> over 2 million more hispanics living in poverty today than the day president obama took office. his first public event since friday. weekend, he was on of the " saturday ."ght live respond tonues to the...
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romney. first to iowa. president obama is 49% to mitt romney's 5%. >>> and from the columbia dispatch--this has surrogates from both parties sangled today over who's better equipped to guide the economy over the next four years. >> the president hay has created 4 million new manufacturing jobs. he says he's going to reduce the debt. doesn't say how' goegsing to do it. let's be fair here, governor romney has laid out a vision and a direction for this country. let's hold the president to the same standard as well. >> first of all, we have a deficit plan, it's got health care savings. romney doesn't have a deficit plan. he's got a plan to cut taxes for millionaires and billionaires. he's got a 5 trilli$5 trillion. -- another $2 trillion in defense spending. >> just three days into the first presidential debate, meanwhile mitt romney is off to the trail. we have two reports, we begin with nbc's peter alexander, he's with the romney campaign in boston, with a good morning to you, peter. what are y
romney. first to iowa. president obama is 49% to mitt romney's 5%. >>> and from the columbia dispatch--this has surrogates from both parties sangled today over who's better equipped to guide the economy over the next four years. >> the president hay has created 4 million new manufacturing jobs. he says he's going to reduce the debt. doesn't say how' goegsing to do it. let's be fair here, governor romney has laid out a vision and a direction for this country. let's hold the...
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or, as she calls mitt romney. mitt romney. mitt romney. mitt romney. his name is mitt romney! >> stephen: it's a pet name. it's a pet name. all couples have them. i'm sure behind closed doors mitt calls her "mrs. mitt romney." (laughter) now, right away ann addressed the myth that they lived a life of privilege. >> we got married and moved into a basement apartment, ate a lot of pasta and tuna fish. our desk was a door cropped up on saw horses. our dining room table was a fold down ironing board in the kitchen. >> stephen: can you imagine? it must have been so awkward when the maid interrupted their dinner to iron. (cheers and applause) and, hey, not easy. (cheers and applause) and, hey, unemployed people out there, we already know that there were years when the romneys didn't work-- because they didn't need to. (laughter) as ann told the "boston globe" "neither one of us had a job because mitt had enough of an investment from stock that we could sell off a little at a time." so hard. (laughter) they were living hand-to-phone-to-stockbroker-to- mouth. (laughter) and after... h
or, as she calls mitt romney. mitt romney. mitt romney. mitt romney. his name is mitt romney! >> stephen: it's a pet name. it's a pet name. all couples have them. i'm sure behind closed doors mitt calls her "mrs. mitt romney." (laughter) now, right away ann addressed the myth that they lived a life of privilege. >> we got married and moved into a basement apartment, ate a lot of pasta and tuna fish. our desk was a door cropped up on saw horses. our dining room table was a...
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it's a matter of romney turning iowa and obama keeping ohio and the other swing states going to romney. >> every state gets 1 vote in the hourpgs for president. yes, gargantuan california with 70 times the population of wyoming gets one vote and wyoming gets one vote. and you have to get 26 votes in order to be elected president. romney is likely to win that, but don't forget about the senate. the senate would have to decide the vice presidency. we think democrats look likely to get a majority of the senate, at least 50/50 where the tie being broken by a certain vice president who might be voting himself into office. so you could have a romney-biden administration. how is that for a my grain? >> let's talk about is senate because we haven't paid much attention to two very important senate races, which party do you think will have control and which individual races do we see changing? >> the democrats clearly have the edge, you take all 100 seats, we see 48 democrats, already in or very likely in versus 43 republicans, that leaves nine seats up for grabs. and those nine seats in our vie
it's a matter of romney turning iowa and obama keeping ohio and the other swing states going to romney. >> every state gets 1 vote in the hourpgs for president. yes, gargantuan california with 70 times the population of wyoming gets one vote and wyoming gets one vote. and you have to get 26 votes in order to be elected president. romney is likely to win that, but don't forget about the senate. the senate would have to decide the vice presidency. we think democrats look likely to get a...
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i supported mitt romney when it was down to romney and mccain. i knew john mccain, i knew what kind of conservative he would be. i landed with romney. he proved me wrong. >> romney is in michigan, emphasizing his conservative positions. last night at a town hall in kalamazoo, romney explained his evolving position on abortion. >> i ran for president four years ago. and also ran as a pro-life presidential candidate. by the way, ronald reagan was pro-choice. before he became pro-life. george herbert walker bush was pro-choice and then became pro-life. henry hyde was pro-choice and became pro-life. >> meanwhile, newt gingrich met with voters near seattle, washington, friday, criticizing president obama over high gas prices saying the president is not willing to take advantage of america's oil potential. >> the fact is, we all need to say to barack obama, you know, he's president of the wrong country. this is -- this is -- if he wants a country where he gets to tell people what they should do, he needs to move to europe. >> joining me now, d.c. burea
i supported mitt romney when it was down to romney and mccain. i knew john mccain, i knew what kind of conservative he would be. i landed with romney. he proved me wrong. >> romney is in michigan, emphasizing his conservative positions. last night at a town hall in kalamazoo, romney explained his evolving position on abortion. >> i ran for president four years ago. and also ran as a pro-life presidential candidate. by the way, ronald reagan was pro-choice. before he became pro-life....
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mitt romney may be. in the guest spot today a woman who grew up in the church of latter day saints and has been dubbed the mormon translator. joanna brooks the author of "the book of mormon girl" a memoir of an american faith. surely mormons speak english so we don't need a mormon translat translator. >> yes we do. >> you can explain to us what it is that you want america to know about mormons and mormonism that perhaps we don't know. >> great. america needs to know that mitt romney is not the whole story of mormonism. there are mitt romney mormons for sure. there are jon huntsman mormons, harry reid mormons and even little girls who grow up idolizing marie osmond and end up having questions about their faith like me. that is the story i'm trying to tell, that human side to the faith that gets lost in the spin cycle. >> i think a lot of people get stuck on the idea of polygamy. right? i know that is not the entirety of the faith or the culture but a lot of people are like, what is that part about? >> in
mitt romney may be. in the guest spot today a woman who grew up in the church of latter day saints and has been dubbed the mormon translator. joanna brooks the author of "the book of mormon girl" a memoir of an american faith. surely mormons speak english so we don't need a mormon translat translator. >> yes we do. >> you can explain to us what it is that you want america to know about mormons and mormonism that perhaps we don't know. >> great. america needs to know...
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they like blaming mitt romney. the reason why a lot of health experts and people across the spectrum supported the mandate. >> republican thinktank was made in the first proponent of it. i went as governor went wh president bush was president, i thought there was no chance for national health insurance and massachusetts was moving in the right direction, we went up and spent about a day with mitt romney and his people there about two hours, very proud about the mandate and told us what was important to make the overall scheme work if we give health insurance to people with preexisting conditions, we have to widen the pool. >> there is no other way, otherwise it's a moral hazard. the cost of insurance goes up, and the fact is, we're all paying anyway. >> exactly. we're all paying anyway. the real mind trick, i want you to forget my history. >> i was never governor of massachusetts. >> and thehe tries to go -- the next is to flip-flop about everything he's done. so he has to put himself as this other person. he wants
they like blaming mitt romney. the reason why a lot of health experts and people across the spectrum supported the mandate. >> republican thinktank was made in the first proponent of it. i went as governor went wh president bush was president, i thought there was no chance for national health insurance and massachusetts was moving in the right direction, we went up and spent about a day with mitt romney and his people there about two hours, very proud about the mandate and told us what...
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romney obviously had a good night. but it's not likely to change the dynamics in a lot of the swing states. i'm hoping it short of shakes some folks out of complacency among democrats who might have been lulled by the president's lead in the polls, because we don't know how it's going to come down. it will come down to the wire. >> anne, i've got to ask you to give me yours quickly. >> bhi my colleague at the "washington post," he spent months with the owner of a small business in what i'll call the real economy, an incredible read, i highly recommend it. >> thank you very much. that's a wrap of this edition of "weekends with alex witt." up next, we have david gregory. ] it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] because sleep is a beautiful thing. [ birds chirping ] introducing zzzquil, the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil. ♪ >> announcer: meet jill. she thought she'd feel better after seeing her doctor. and she might have, if not for kari, the ide
romney obviously had a good night. but it's not likely to change the dynamics in a lot of the swing states. i'm hoping it short of shakes some folks out of complacency among democrats who might have been lulled by the president's lead in the polls, because we don't know how it's going to come down. it will come down to the wire. >> anne, i've got to ask you to give me yours quickly. >> bhi my colleague at the "washington post," he spent months with the owner of a small...
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here by popular demand, once again, that picture of matt romney, mitt romney's son, with all those other people. in the northern marinas islands. now leave me alone a for "weekends with alex witt." >>> storming a red state, president obama with a new message deep in the heart of texas. >>> surviving the south, will one of the gop candidates be forced to drop out of the race after tuesday? the reviews are in. is the new film about the 2008 presidential race worth watching? we'll talk to a tv critic. >>> it's electric and sticker shock may be the reason plug-in cars are not getting very far with the buying public. we'll examine some new reports. >>> good morning, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." let's get to what's happening right now out there as president obama is striking an optimistic tone with a new message. the president spoke in houston at fund-raising last night on the heels of a new report showing another strong month of job creation. >> over the past two years, businesses have added almost 4 million new jobs. our manufacturers are creating jobs for the first time since the i
here by popular demand, once again, that picture of matt romney, mitt romney's son, with all those other people. in the northern marinas islands. now leave me alone a for "weekends with alex witt." >>> storming a red state, president obama with a new message deep in the heart of texas. >>> surviving the south, will one of the gop candidates be forced to drop out of the race after tuesday? the reviews are in. is the new film about the 2008 presidential race worth...
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people thi mitt romney thinks obama is out of his head. mr. obama says mitt romney is out of touch. also the latest on the secret service scandal tonight including hot new details on just what happened. >>> the world's most exclusive fraternity. right now there's only five members, the five living presidents of the united states. >>> if you're running for senator of massachusetts, there is one organization -- hint hint -- you don't want to have on your side. the new york yankees, believe it or not, and fortunately for him, brad made the mistake of taking a check from them. political director and chief white house correspondent, and msnbc political analyst. gentlemen, let's look at the numbers. let's take a look at how mitt romney and barack obama match-up in terms of favorability in that new poll in west virginia. people positive about the president at 48, positive about mitt romney 33. negative feelings, obama edged out 39 to 36 on that one. >> part of it is almost all improvement among young voting groups. when you look at it, we know all the ballot matchups, obama's favorite rati
people thi mitt romney thinks obama is out of his head. mr. obama says mitt romney is out of touch. also the latest on the secret service scandal tonight including hot new details on just what happened. >>> the world's most exclusive fraternity. right now there's only five members, the five living presidents of the united states. >>> if you're running for senator of massachusetts, there is one organization -- hint hint -- you don't want to have on your side. the new york...
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mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> we are back from our perch here at the site of the republican convention. more with our roundtable. first, want to go to the map. mike murphy i do want to talk to you about this akin controversy, as well. >> sure. >> as i talk to women this week, i can't imagine that anybody thinks it's a good idea for mitt romney that you not only are going to energize democratic women, but there's a lot of republican women who heard this man, were disgusted by it, and frankly do not want to focus on what goes on with their bodies and their health, even in their own party. >> well, like, akin was a gift to harry reid. in the old days, the gender gap in kansas city we'd lock him in the hudson and take him to the state line. unfortunately, here's something to remember about akin. two-thirds of republicans in the primary in missouri voted against this guy. he had about 7% of the real eligible number of all voters. so he's got no mandate. everybody in the party except eise
mitt romney's plan for a stronger middle class will put work back iwelfare. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> we are back from our perch here at the site of the republican convention. more with our roundtable. first, want to go to the map. mike murphy i do want to talk to you about this akin controversy, as well. >> sure. >> as i talk to women this week, i can't imagine that anybody thinks it's a good idea for mitt romney that you not only are going...
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let me ask you something about the strategy of governor romney before he was governor romney, and that was something they called workdays where mitt romney decided to spend some time working as a blue collar worker like the rest of us. he was selling sausages at fenway park? he worked as a garbage man, and he was fixing cars too. but we haven't really seen that this time around. and yet that was a successful strategy back then. >> yeah. i mean they sort of recognize his wealth was sort of an issue and barrier with voters. one of the questions in the polls was asked which candidate cares for people like you and only 18% said mitt romney. and six weeks before the election. so it's a similar thing he's failed on a national level. people don't feel like he cares about people like them. they haven't done quite as much to mitigate that as they did in 2002. i mean the caveat, though, it was a state race, it was more controlled on a national scale, there's a lot more variables and it's harder to sort of make big swings in the polls. but, you know, the strategy was clearly different when he was
let me ask you something about the strategy of governor romney before he was governor romney, and that was something they called workdays where mitt romney decided to spend some time working as a blue collar worker like the rest of us. he was selling sausages at fenway park? he worked as a garbage man, and he was fixing cars too. but we haven't really seen that this time around. and yet that was a successful strategy back then. >> yeah. i mean they sort of recognize his wealth was sort of...
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but romney is vulnerable. he said things last night that the world may or may not know are false. >> yes. >> and it's the job now, i think, of the democratic party and of the president to point that out, point it out continually, and to bring it to the front and the fore in the next debate and look at his opponent and to look at the american people and say, this is wrong and this is what is right. he's capable of that. >> and no more. [ speaking french ] >> what mr. lipton said is an important strategy. >> i'm keeping with the french thing. [ speaking french ] >> you know something? the -- there was an expression, john green leaf, the great poet said, for all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, it might have been. that's what happened to the president of the united states and that's must not happen again. when i was writing plays, the most important moment of your play, the last two minutes before the audience goes out to intermission because that's all they'll remember. that is where, oddly en
but romney is vulnerable. he said things last night that the world may or may not know are false. >> yes. >> and it's the job now, i think, of the democratic party and of the president to point that out, point it out continually, and to bring it to the front and the fore in the next debate and look at his opponent and to look at the american people and say, this is wrong and this is what is right. he's capable of that. >> and no more. [ speaking french ] >> what mr....